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I normally log in to my Win11 PC via facial "Hello". That works well, and also logs me into my Microsoft Account. I also have a login PIN, which is not (supposed to be) the same as the login password, which I don't know. I can access Credential Manager, as a way to see the password. However...

I just finished updating my Windows 10 laptop to with August 2025 patches. After rebooting I didn't see any option to sign up for ESU but then I read that instead of being logged in with my local admin account I needed to temporarily be logged in with my Microsoft account instead. The...

I am now getting this error. The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to retrieve new Group Policy settings for this user or computer. Look in the details tab for error code and description. Windows will automatically retry this operation at the next refresh cycle. Computers...

New Windows 11 Home laptop came with 4-digit PIN - can I change it to use password and face recognition as alternatives? If so, how, please? Mike

Hello, How, if it is possible, to define a password in a E-mail message or in a Outlook Folder? Thanks

Today I run into a problem trying to get onto outlook.exchange365.com for my email. Dialog box pops up requesting correct username and password. It will not accept the correct data. It has been a couple of weeks since I was on the desktop but outlook worked fine. I have outlook on my laptop...

Okay so yesterday I installed Ubuntu in my laptop, thru flashing Ubuntu 22.04 on a pendrive and then loading it, allocated 100gb to linux and booted. At that time, I can access both windows and linux while booting. A window was coming which let me choose between linux and windows everytime I...

Hi, pulling my hair out with this one. I have a PC running Windows 11 Insider preview which has been fine for ages. I came to boot up and it's now asking for a password. None has ever been set. I've been into the registry and there is no password in there. I can boot in safe mode but cannot get...

Hello, I have decided to close my Microsoft account as its no longer needed. What i didn't do was unlink the device ( laptop ) from the Microsoft account. My laptop is signed out of the Microsoft account , meaning it's now as a local account and has a new user name and password. So does...

Hello, I created a folder named "Hello" and shared it and set Everyone user access on it to full: On the destination computer, when I want to open this folder, it asks me for a username and password: Why? What is wrong? Thank you.

On my Windows 10 desktop server I have been running auto startup (no password needed). Suddenly today startup is asking for a password on startup. It is showing two identical userid, one of which uses the normal password and the other is a new one. Investigation said to use netplwiz to...

Good morning all. I am desperately seeking help with this annoying problem. My Windows 10 Acer V5 laptop has until last week booted into my account without requesting a password or pin - great. But a few days ago I was prompted to download and install Windows Upates and this is when everyting...

Good morning. I would appreciate help/advice with the following. I have recently bought a new laptop with Windows 11 and set it up correctly or so I believe. My old laptop is using Windows 10 and when I start it I am usually asked for my BIOS password. However, since setting up my new laptop...

i purchased a pc from pc wo—d, they gave me a setup usb. I set it up, but continued to use my old pc.when I tried the new dell today, I have forgotten the password. I hit the reset button and it says I need a password reset disk. I am now completely stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

A friend of mine brings her laptop to my house and logs into my network a lot. She got a new laptop, and it wouldn't log in. We tried over and over, with no luck. Just on a hunch, when she came back, I told her to try a different version of the password that I have used in other places. It...

For some reason we are having trouble accessing our server (windows server 2012) but our workstations (Windows 11) are still connected to it. We have never changed the password so we are not sure what is going on. When we go into windows credentials and see the server there is no show button so...

I cannot access my Microsoft account even though I updated my password a month ago and logged in successfully using it the same day. I'm being sent a form that wants the information that I used when I set up my account. It was included with this laptop and I upgraded to Office 365 and pay a...

I just changed the login password for my PC. I don’t know if this is relevant but now when I start my computer I get asked for a PIN but no longer get a prompt for Sign-in options. This means that I can’t login with my Password should I choose to. Windows 11 Home 22H2.

My mother has passed and left me her laptop. We want to use it but cant because we don't have the password. I have tried the conventional method of resting the password by the command prompt. However the net user command throws an error and dose not actually show the login user (my mother name)...

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